KR20020028632A - Method of inputting URL for Phone-number - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for inputting an Internet address using a telephone number is provided to enable a user to easily access to the Internet information by using a number of wired terminal and mobile communication terminal in case that a user uses an Internet address in the computing environment by using a web browser. CONSTITUTION: The system includes a user terminal(10) and a phone name server system(20). The phone name server system provides an Internet address input function to enable a user to easily access to the Internet information by using a number of wired terminal familiar to the user and a number of mobile communication terminal such as a cellular phone, a PCS phone, a beeper and so on in case that the user uses an Internet address on a web browser, stores the information of URL and domain name related to the number of wired terminal and mobile communication terminal in a database(30), and provides the contents and advertisements to the user by storing the contents and advertisement requested from a contents provider and advertisement owner in the database.

Description

How to enter internet address using phone number {Method of inputting URL for Phone-number}

The present invention provides a computer-readable recording of a method of inputting an internet address using a telephone number (preferably a number of a general wired terminal, a number of a wireless terminal such as a cellular phone and a PCS phone and a pager) and a program for realizing the same. Medium, particularly in computing environments where users use English or complex IP addresses when using a Web browser (URL) for uniform resource locators (ie, domain names, IP addresses). The inconvenience is that the phone number to access.

With the recent surge in the use of computers, computers are now part of life. In this regard, the growth of the Internet in the computer sector has developed remarkably in two to three years. As these computers are extended to everyday life, users are pursuing convenience, simplicity, and accuracy, and are conducting business in various angles in order to satisfy consumer needs in software and hardware fields.

With the rapid increase in Internet users, the Internet is acting as a new media that enables real-time communication between businesses and individuals, and between individuals, rather than in the sense of computers and networks to which computers are connected. The popularization of Internet use has a rapid development of information and communication, and has an absolute influence on all industrial fields, and the entire global village is changing into one globalization of globalized information.

For example, a web browser mainly applied to the World Wide Web (WWW) is a widely used tool in the Internet field, and is provided as an easy-to-use and easy-to-access tool. Using a browser, you can easily exchange or retrieve information between remote locations.

However, until now, only English domain names have been used for entering the Internet address (URL, IP address) when using a web browser. At present, there is a movement to use a national language domain or a Hangul domain in Korea, but it is urgent to standardize the domain system and operation method.

Conventionally, the website address of the WWW is converted into a domain name so that it can be recognized as a character instead of a complex numeric code consisting of a unique IP address of each website. The website address converted into characters is called an Internet address (URL) or a domain name.

Currently, in order to access a desired website of the WWW, a textual URL is entered in the address bar of the web browser. There are many ways to go to the website, but in general, you can enter the URL of the website directly in a web browser and enter the necessary information from the search engine. However, in any case, you must register with a portal site or search engine as an address to move a textual Internet address or domain name to the website before you can go to the website in a browser. Portal sites generally refer to specific sites, such as search engines and news services, that users frequently visit on the Internet and serve as gateways to the Internet.

Some search engines require phone numbers and other information in addition to URLs in order to register a website, but this is only a reference and is not related to a website link address. If you are able to go to a website with these phone numbers, you can access the Internet more efficiently than a textual URL (IP address) or domain name. This means that any modern person is familiar with the telephone numbering system and can be remembered relatively easily. Although it is a meaningful word, it must be remembered separately from a literal URL (IP address) or domain name, and there must be a means for text entry. In many cases, the convenience of using the Internet will be maximized if you can access the website by phone number.

In other words, in the modern society, various types of communication such as wired and wireless have developed so that each individual has a personal telephone number. Each individual has their own homepage. Therefore, when introducing themselves in the modern world, the phone number and homepage domain information related to the user are provided. The company also has its own telephone number and a unique homepage domain.

The number of wireless terminals and wired terminals such as cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers has been generalized for a long time and is easy to remember.However, in the case of homepage domain information, easy-to-remember domains have already been registered and can no longer be easily remembered when saturated. It becomes difficult to register a domain. Therefore, many domains which are difficult to remember are increasing. It is much more advantageous to access the homepage, that is, the WWW information, using an existing phone number that is easy to remember than to use such a hard to remember domain.

Therefore, the Internet information can be accessed by using a number of general wired terminals that are familiar with accessing Internet information using URL information that is difficult to remember, or by using a number of wireless terminals such as cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers. A solution is essential.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, in the computing environment, when a user uses an Internet address using a web browser, the number of a general wired terminal more familiar to the user, a cellular phone, a PCS phone and a wireless pager An object of the present invention is to provide an internet address input method for accessing Internet information by using a number of a wireless terminal such as a wireless terminal and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the same.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of an internet e-commerce system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a user terminal (PC) of FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for inputting an Internet address using a phone number according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: user terminal (PC) 20: information provision server (PNS)

30: Database

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for inputting an Internet address (URL, domain name, IP address) using a web browser in a computing environment, and an internet address for accessing general terminal numbers and internet information of a company or an individual. A first step of mapping and constructing the database; A second step of receiving an internet address from a user on the web browser; Determining whether an input internet address is the terminal number; And searching the database to detect whether the inputted Internet address is the terminal number, extracting the Internet address corresponding to the terminal number, and extracting the user from the extracted Internet address. It comprises a fourth step of connecting to the Internet information.

In addition, the present invention according to the determination result of the third step, in the case of the Internet address in the existing text, not the terminal number, by reflecting the Internet address of the existing text as it is, the user to the existing text And a fifth step of connecting to internet information having a predetermined internet address.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computing system equipped with a processor to enter an Internet address (URL, domain name, IP address) using a web browser, accessing a general terminal number and internet information of a company or an individual. A first function of mapping an internet address to establish a database; A second function of receiving an Internet address from a user on the web browser; A third function of determining whether an input internet address is the terminal number; And searching the database to detect whether the inputted Internet address is the terminal number, extracting the Internet address corresponding to the terminal number, and having the extracted Internet address according to the determination result of the third function. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a fourth function of connecting to Internet information is provided.

According to a result of the determination of the third function, when the present invention is an Internet address in the existing text instead of the terminal number, the present invention reflects the Internet address in the existing text as it is and converts the user into the existing text. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for further realizing a fifth function of connecting to Internet information having a predetermined Internet address.

Since the location of the Internet information including the domain is a URL (IP address) or a domain name, the present invention obtains URL (IP address) or domain name information by using a wired or wireless telephone number, and thereby easily accesses the Internet information. I want to. Using this, each individual can easily access the Internet information they want to obtain only by the number of the wireless terminal and the number of the wired terminal such as cellular phone, PCS phone and wireless pager.

The present invention can provide convenience to users by using an Internet address (URL, IP Address) or a domain name using a phone number or a combination of numbers of Chinese characters or an unspecified combination of numbers instead of ordinary characters. This is because the phone number is given as a real name, there is no duplication, and in general, a number of phone numbers are memorized, so it can be used as an Internet address or a domain name. A number consisting of a single number or a combination of numbers can be used as an Internet address or domain name linked to a specific site.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of an internet e-commerce system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet e-commerce system includes a user terminal 10 for user registration and a general wired terminal that is more familiar to a user when the user uses an Internet address (or domain name) using a web browser. Provides the Internet address input function for accessing Internet information by using the number or the number of wireless terminals such as cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers, and provides the numbers of cellular phones and PCS of companies or individuals. URL (IP address) or domain name information related to the number of the wireless terminal such as a phone and a pager is stored in the database 30, and additionally the content and advertisements requested from the content provider and the advertiser in the database 30 And information providing server that provides stored content and advertisements System, PNS: includes Phone Name Server system) (20).

Here, an information communication network such as the Internet connects communication lines between the plurality of user terminals 10 and the information providing server 20 and establishes a connection so that data communication is performed with each other.

When the phone number information or the number information consisting of a single number or a combination of numbers is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the information providing server (PNS) 20, the information providing server 20 transmits the phone number information or unspecified. Find a URL (IP Address) or domain name mapped to the number information from the database 30 that is already constructed for the number information consisting of a combination of numbers and directly connect to the Internet information, or the user terminal 10 to the corresponding URL ( It returns the IP address or domain name information and connects to the relevant Internet information upon the user's approval (for example, by pressing the ENTER key or the search button).

The information providing server 20 may be a program for providing an Internet address input function using a phone number, and additionally, a security system, a payment and authentication system, a community, etc. may be added, and the phone number information transmitted from the user terminal 10. B. Search the previously created database 30 for number information consisting of a combination of numbers and find a URL (IP address) or domain name that maps to the number and connect it directly to Internet information or return it to the user terminal 10. In addition, when downloading a program providing an Internet address input function using a phone number, advertisements and contents provided from an advertiser or a content provider stored in the database 30 may be provided.

Therefore, the information providing server 20 is a URL (IP address) or domain name information associated with the number of the general wired terminal of the company or individual or the number of wireless terminals such as cellular phones and PCS phones and wireless pagers to the database 30. Build.

In addition, the user accesses the information providing server 20 using an access means such as a PC 10 connected to the Internet, the number of a general wired terminal or a cellular phone and a PCS phone of a company or individual related to the Internet information. When a number of a wireless terminal such as a wireless pager is input, the information providing server 20 receiving the wired or wireless telephone number searches the database 30 having the URL (IP address) or domain name mapped to the corresponding telephone number. To the user or directly to the Internet information. Through this, the user accesses the Internet information to be searched by using a URL (IP address) or domain name information provided from the information providing server 20 through a connection means such as a PC 10 to search and receive data.

Internet address input function using the phone number is preferably installed as a dedicated program in the user terminal (10). This dedicated program receives the URL (IP Address) or domain name information mapped to the corresponding telephone number by connecting to the information providing server 20, or connects to the Internet information having the URL (IP Address) or domain name.

Looking briefly about the dedicated program installation process, the user accesses the website provided by the information providing server 20 through the user terminal 10 and downloads the installation program to his user terminal 10. After the download is completed, the Internet address input program using the phone number is installed. In this case, the user may set the computer to automatically execute an Internet address input program using the phone number when the computer connects to the communication, or execute the icon on the desktop.

The plurality of user terminals 10 are establishing a communication environment including a web browser that can be connected to the information communication network, and can be connected to the information providing server 20 through a dedicated line, a public communication network (PSTN), or a mobile telephone network. Self-explanatory

Accordingly, the plurality of user terminals 10 may include personal computer assistants (PDAs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), including communication mediation devices (eg, modems), monitors, keyboards (or keypads), and the like. A laptop or the like is preferable, but may be a mobile communication terminal such as a cellular phone or a PCS phone, a next generation mobile communication terminal such as an International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT-2000), a Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS), or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hardware system of the user terminal 10 includes a central processing unit 11, a main memory device 12 connected to the central processing device 11, and an auxiliary memory device connected to the main memory device 12. 13, the input / output devices 14 and 15 connected to the central processing unit 11 and the peripheral device 16 connected to the main memory device 12 are provided.

Here, the hardware system, the central processing unit 11 for controlling and managing the overall operation of the computer, the program stored in the central processing unit 11 and stores a variety of data used during or during operation And a main memory device 12 and an auxiliary memory device 13, an input / output device 14 and 15 for inputting / outputting data to and from a user, and a peripheral device 16 for a communication interface.

The auxiliary memory device 13 stores a large amount of data, and the input / output devices 14 and 15 include a general keyboard, a display device, and a printer.

However, since the computer hardware environment having the configuration as described above is only a technique well known in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted herein. However, in the main memory device 12 of the hardware system as described above, when a user uses an Internet address using a web browser, a number of a general wired terminal that is more familiar to the user, or a number of a wireless terminal such as a cellular phone, a PCS phone, and a wireless pager. A program for providing an Internet address input function for accessing Internet information by using is stored, and is executed under the control of the central processing unit 11.

The central processing unit 11 determines whether the URL starts with a number by a dedicated program (a program that provides an Internet address input function using a phone number) and transmits the information to the information providing server (PNS) 20. It modifies and manages the URL text box of the web browser.

The database 30 stores URLs (IP addresses) or domain name information related to the number of a general wired terminal of a company or an individual or a number of wireless terminals such as cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers, and additionally provides advertisers or contents. Advertisement and multimedia contents provided by the company are stored.

For reference, in the case of the advertisement type, a simple information transmission advertisement that delivers only information and has no special compensation to the user, or when the target of the advertisement is a PC user or a mobile communication terminal user, in particular, in order to increase the advertisement participation of the member, the advertisement is posted. You can receive mileage advertisements that are discounted when you receive the mileage for time, and event advertisements that can receive certain rewards such as prizes by participating in events such as quizzes delivered through the advertisement window. It may be an instant purchase advertisement that allows the user to order specific information about the product or to purchase the product directly. However, it is not limited to such advertisement.

Meanwhile, the area of advertising means a category of a product or service that an advertiser wants to advertise, such as category division in a general shopping mall. For example, clothing, furniture, health food, flowers, agricultural and marine products, office supplies, and adult items. , Movies, music, drinks / liquor, cars, general merchandise / household goods, general appliances, computers, etc., but may be classified as, but is not limited thereto.

The advertiser may directly designate the type and area of each advertisement and send it to the information providing server 20, or the advertiser sends only the advertisement contents to the information providing server 20, and the information providing server 20 analyzes the advertisement contents. Of course, it can be stored in the database (DB) (30) by dividing by area and type.

Now, when a user uses an internet address using a web browser, the user can access desired Internet information using a number of general wired terminals that are more familiar to the user or numbers of wireless terminals such as cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers. It will be described in more detail for the Internet address input function.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for inputting an internet address using a phone number according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method for inputting an internet address using a phone number according to the present invention may be performed by first using a web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.) in the central processing unit 11 of the user terminal 10. The IP address or domain name is input (301) and the URL (IP address) or domain name input is completed (302). At this time, if the input is not completed, the URL (IP address) or domain name input is continuously monitored, and if the input is completed, it is determined whether the URL (IP address) or the domain name starts with a number (303). This process checks by giving priority to URLs beginning with "0" because the first step of most phone numbers (domestic area code: 02, 051, 031, etc.) begins with "0".

If the URL (IP Address) or domain name starting with the number ("0") is not input, the input URL (IP Address) or domain name character is reflected in the information providing server 20 as it is (304). Navigation (305).

On the other hand, if a numeric URL (IP Address) or domain name (herein, a wired or wireless telephone number) is input, an attempt is first made to connect to the information providing server (PNS) 20 (306). (PNS) 20 If an error occurs during connection (307), an error message is notified (308).

When normally connected to the information providing server (PNS) 20 (307), the information providing server 20 reads the database 20 to the numeric URL (IP Address) or domain name character (here wired or wireless) It is searched whether there is a URL (IP address) or domain name information mapped to the telephone number (309). At this time, if there is corresponding URL (IP Address) or domain name information, the navigation is performed by reflecting the corresponding URL (IP Address) or domain name information (304) as it is (305).

On the other hand, if there is no corresponding URL (IP address) or domain name mapped to the wired or wireless telephone number, the navigation is performed by the URL (IP address) or domain name entered first (311).

Of course, in the above process, if a corresponding URL (IP Address) or domain name mapped to a wired or wireless telephone number is constructed in the database 30, the corresponding URL (IP Address) or domain name information is reflected as it is (304). It is assumed that navigation is performed, but first, the corresponding URL (IP address) or domain name information is returned to the user terminal 10, and the user's approval (for example, pressing the ENTER key or the search button, etc.) is performed. ) Can be configured to access and navigate the Internet information with the URL (IP address) or domain name.

The user environment in the present invention means not only a general PC but also any environment that can be navigated using the Internet such as an Internet phone or a PDA.

And it is primarily checked at the user environment level whether it is a phone number (one number or a combination of numbers) (for example, does it start with a number), and this method can be diversified in many ways. That is, in case of domestic phone number, it checks whether the number starts with "0" and does not enter the country code, and checks whether there is "." In the number. It is recognized as a domestic phone number. In addition, a number consisting only of a specific number of characters or a combination of numbers also maps the navigation information to the user terminal 10 by mapping a URL (IP address) or domain name information corresponding to the information providing server (PNS) 20. can send.

In the case of an international telephone number (not a country, but a foreign country), it is a rule to input a country code. The country code can be analyzed separately for each country code and passed to the information providing server (PNS) 20.

It is obvious that the database 30 can be systemized by country code or regional country in consideration of scalability in the future, thereby operating and managing a separate DB 30 to reduce the load on the server and increase efficiency in data management. to be.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

The present invention as described above, by allowing the user to easily access the Internet information by using the number of the wireless terminal and the number of the wired terminal, such as cellular phones, PCS phones and wireless pagers already familiar, so that the user can easily access the Internet information There is no need to memorize the URL (IP Address) or domain name, so that you can easily access the relevant Internet information only by phone number, thereby maximizing the convenience of using the Internet.

Claims (8)

In a computing environment, a method of inputting an Internet address (URL, domain name, IP address) using a web browser, A first step of mapping a general terminal number of a company or an individual to an Internet address for accessing Internet information to construct a database; A second step of receiving an internet address from a user on the web browser; Determining whether an input internet address is the terminal number; And According to the determination result of the third step, the database is searched to detect whether the input Internet address is the terminal number, the Internet address corresponding to the terminal number is extracted, and the user has the extracted Internet address. Fourth Step to Linking to Information Internet address input method using a phone number comprising a. The method of claim 1, According to the determination result of the third step, in the case of the Internet address in the existing text instead of the terminal number, the user has the existing Internet address in the existing text by reflecting the existing Internet text address as it is. 5 Steps to Connecting to Internet Information Internet address input method using a phone number further comprising. The method of claim 1, The terminal number is, Substantially, a method for inputting an Internet address using a telephone number, characterized in that the number of a general wired terminal, a cellular phone, a personal mobile communication service (PCS) phone, and a wireless pager is a number of a wireless terminal. The method of claim 1, The terminal number is, Substantially, a method of inputting an Internet address using a telephone number, which is a combination of a number consisting of a phone number or a number of Chinese characters or an unspecified combination of several numbers. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, In the database, Store and map the Internet address (URL, IP address, or domain name) that can access the Internet information to the company's or individual's general wired terminal number or to a wireless terminal number including cellular phones, PCS phones, and pagers. Internet address input method using a phone number, characterized in that the system management by wired and wireless terminal number by country code or region. The method of claim 5, The fourth step, A sixth step of attempting to connect to the information providing server if it is determined that the third step is an Internet address starting with a number; A seventh step of notifying an error message if an error occurs during the connection; An eighth step of, upon successful connection, reading the database from the information providing server and searching for a numerical internet address (terminal number); A ninth step of navigating to the first entered internet address if there is no corresponding numerical Internet address (terminal number); And In the search result of the eighth step, if there is a corresponding numerical Internet address (terminal number), the Internet address corresponding to the terminal number is extracted, and the user navigates to the extracted Internet address to connect the user to the corresponding Internet information. 10th step Internet address input method using a phone number comprising a. In a computing system with a processor to enter an Internet address (URL, domain name, IP address) using a web browser, A first function of mapping a general terminal number of a company or an individual to an Internet address for accessing Internet information to construct a database; A second function of receiving an Internet address from a user on the web browser; A third function of determining whether an input internet address is the terminal number; And According to the determination result of the third function, the database is searched to detect whether the input Internet address is the terminal number, the Internet address corresponding to the terminal number is extracted, and the user has the Internet having the extracted internet address. Fourth feature that links to information A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. The method of claim 7, wherein According to the determination result of the third function, in the case of the Internet address in the existing text instead of the terminal number, the user has the Internet address in the existing text by reflecting the existing Internet address in the text. Fifth feature that links to Internet information A computer-readable recording medium that records a program for further realization.